Global Startup Watch: facial recognition airports, bedtime stories and HR bots The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your... Rana Freifer • 18 May, 2017 Startup Watch
U.A.E Why telehealth is so attractive to investors [Opinion] In his book ‘Healthcare Disrupted’, Jeff Elton comments that ‘until recently, the world changed and healthcare –... Charlie Barlow • 18 May, 2017 Opinion Healthcare telehealth
Tunisia How this Tunisian channeled fashion into a startup When Arbia Smiti founded Carnet de Mode (Fashion Diary) in 2011, the crowdfunding platform captured the attention of the French media,... Aline Mayard • 17 May, 2017 startup Mode Fashion
Regional The opportunity of an inclusive sharing economy in MENA It’s 9am. A commuter leaves home heading for her office in the local tech business hub. After 30 seconds a car has arrived to take... Edoardo Giorgetti • 17 May, 2017 lebanon uae Egypt
Tunisia Seedstars pushes Tunisian startups to scale more At the Mediterranean School of Business campus in Tunis, the Seedstars team gathered a dozen Tunisian startups around a competition that... Maya Rahal • 16 May, 2017 scalibility seedstars internationnalisation
Tunisia The Startup Act bill is opening new doors for Tunisian entrepreneurs Tunisian entrepreneurs are finally seeing a draft of the Startup Act. The latest is that it’s under negotiation before being... Maya Rahal • 16 May, 2017 Startup Act entrepreneurs regulation
U.A.E MENA's Agile community is on the rise When it comes to building a movement organically, a sense of community often plays an instrumental role. Think of the startup scene in... Elias Jabbe • 16 May, 2017 agile uae
Jordan Digitizing financial transactions in the region: go startups! The rise of the fintech industry in the region throughout the years, proves that this sector has a big impact on emerging markets despite... Maisa Khudair • 16 May, 2017 Fintech online payment Oasis 500
Saudi Arabia Young GCC designers heating up the gaming scene Mobile games have become increasingly popular over the years as smartphones continue to improve with brand new technologies. In the Gulf,... Elias Jabbe • 15 May, 2017 Gaming game design startups
Syria Arageek: the reader comes first, even at our expense ‘Arabic content worth reading’ is the motto many Arabic content platforms hold to against the rise of poor online Arabic... Maya Rahal • 15 May, 2017 arageek raseef22 Arabic Content
Global What I know about the future of high-speed transport: Colin Rhys In late 2016, the UAE’s first-mover deal with high-speed transport system Hyperloop promised commuters to travel from “Dubai to... Vanessa Khalil • 15 May, 2017 Hyperloop One What I Know WIK
Morocco Screendy: focusing on product, not customer outreach What if entrepreneurs no longer needed to look for customers and could just focus on creating the best product for them? This is what... Aline Mayard • 14 May, 2017 association Business entrepreneurs
Kuwait Kuwait gets its own Community at #MixNMentor Nuwait Faces old and new were at Kuwait City’s Dar Hamad venue on May 10, to attend the third Mix N’ Mentor Nuwait, hosted by The... Reine Farhat • 12 May, 2017 Mix N' Mentor Nuwait Mentorship The National Fund for SME Development
Regional What do MENA telcos want to be when they grow up? Part II This is the second article of two about telecom companies in MENA and how they should be adapting. The first is here. In this part we are... Staff writer • 11 May, 2017 Telcos du anghami
Global Startup Watch: It’s all about the money, money, money and solar power The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your... Lucy Knight • 11 May, 2017 Startup Watch Investment 500 startups
Kuwait Managing Instagram comments got much easier This article is a crosspost from Nuwait. 27-year-old Kuwaiti Khalid Al-Mutawa is one versatile man. He travels around the world, runs... Ana Tadic • 10 May, 2017 kuwait Nuwait plugn